A waterfall, a lake and a glass blower

[Lyrics51]

My wife's parents are here so we took a short day trip around here. We went to several places, but the glass blower was the most interesting. Here are some shots of our travels.
First we went to a waterfall and got to see these kids being kids.



Then an interesting paddle boat onthe lake at Titisee.



Then finally the glass blower in Todtnau in the southern Black Forest.

The ball of glass right out of the furnace.



Add some color.



Blow it into shape.



Switch ends and cut some glass off.



And then finish it up.



There were obviously some steps I didn't have in here, but there are enough pictures without them. The inside shots were all taken with the DL and the 50mm 2.0 Pentax lens. It was fun to watch. Hope you enjoyed it.

Glenn

[mtngal]

Looks like a wonderful time! The glass blowing is always such fun to watch, he looks very good at it.

[Lyrics51]

Thanks for looking, mtngal. They are fun to watch. He said he was an apprentice for 4 years in order to get as good as he is.

Glenn

[Trojansoc]

Glass blowing is truly an interesting art and it's always fun to watch a master. Good shots under difficult lighting conditions.

Paul

[nhmom]

All are nice, Glenn. I had to take a second look at the girl on top of the boat. Thought she was just balancing up there. I like the "ease" of the waterfall shot, too. Wonderful.

And, the glassblower I know from experience is hard to get. It's always dark. You did a nice job on them all. Actually, I had tried retaking the blue glass ball I have in my dining room for the round challenge, but never made it home at the right time for the lighting. I had watched the guy making the balls in Sherburne Falls, Massachusetts and tried taking photos.

Patty

[Lyrics51]

Thanks for looking Paul and Patty. The lighting was a bit dark, but the 50mm at 2.0 seemed to be up to the challenge. In order to see the glowing glass I experimented on the exposure while he was warming up with some smaller items. By the time he started on his more difficult project I was ready. Iunderexposed the shots and then used Picasa to lighten them up on the computer. Its much easier to get it right on the big screen! Still had to toss a bunch of them. It was fun, but I don't think as much fun as those kids were having climbing all over the waterfalls!

Glenn

[Rodney9]

A wonderful series of your day trip all very nice.

[Lyrics51]

Thanks Rodney.

Glenn

[NonEntity1]

Nice series of the glassblower. You did very well in the low light.

Tim